First-Person Accounts

The cover for The Other Trench shows a German soldier in the forefront of a line of other German soldiers standing around artillery guns.

$23.50

The Other Trench: The WW1 Diary and Photos of a German Officer

$45.50

Serpents of War: An American Officer's Story of World War I Combat and Captivity

Book cover for Herbert Corey's Great War featuring a sepia toned photograph of a man lookin through binoculars over a trench with white text.

$30.50

Herbert Corey’s Great War: A Memoir of World War I by the American Reporter Who Saw It All

$19.50

Missing of the Somme

Cover of The Burning of the World by Béla Zombory-Moldován, an NYRB Classics edition, features a sepia-toned photo capturing people gathered outdoors during the First World War.

$17.00

The Burning of the World: A Memoir of 1914 (New York Review Books Classics)

Illustrated book cover of Sagittarius Rising, Cecil Lewiss memoir, featuring WWI biplanes in aerial combat above a landscape, with bold colors and dynamic composition, capturing the early days of flight.

$24.00

Sagittarius Rising (Penguin Classics)

$23.00

My Grandfather Was A Polar Bear

$19.00

Your Father's Forgotten Heroes

Book cover of An Adventure in 1914 by Thomas Tileston Wells featuring a vintage ocean liner under a cloudy sky overlaid with white title text and yellow subtext.

$24.00

An Adventure in 1914: An American Family's Journey on the Brink of WWI

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